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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1034849)	10/23/2017 7:48:34 AM
From: zzpat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574841

The US and the UN expected Saddam to completely disarm and say so in public which would have resulted in Iran or other countries attacking it. That was an insane way to treat another country. Since Saddam hadn't done anything to the US, the only thing we had on them was their invasion of Kuwait under Bush 41 and they never once used any of their WMDS on US forces or any other military force (at least not since the 80s when they used gas). However, the US did use chemical weapons on Iraq after we learned they didn't have any chemical weapons or any other form of WMD. At some point, we have to understand and accept that the reasons for war were not true. The US simply manufactured intelligence that was not supported by the facts. Note how Blix never once says he can confirm a single piece of Bush's worthless intelligence. Since we know the UN had unfettered access to all sites in Iraq didn't it have some duty to prove its case? They couldn't and never have. Clearly, the information Blix was using was incorrect since no WMDs were found in Iraq. As I said previously the US and the UN can't simply say xyz, they have to prove xy and z. Where was their proof? Why did we have a war without proof? Much later than the article you cited the inspectors said Bush's intelligence was "outdated" and "garbage." At a minimum, the US should have tried to find out what it had done wrong before it went to war.